La Galleria degli Specchi AKA Palazzo Medici Riccardi AKA The Hall of Mirrors of Luca Giordano is a hall that’s a part of The Medici Riccardi di Firenze palace located in Florence, Italy. It’s most known for the exquisite frescoes on the vault created by Luca Giordano in the late 1680s in honor of the the Apotheosis of the Medici dynasty.
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The Church of Our Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357) returns to #BaroqueSun

The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue located on the campus of University of California-Davis. It opened in 2002 and features 2 performance halls tha can sear 1,801 and 250, respectively.
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The Co-cathedral of Saint Mary AKA Castelló Co-Cathedral is a Gothic Revival Catholic cathedral of Castelló de la Plana, located in the comarca of Plana Alta, Spain. It is currently undergoing restorations and renovations but I do know that they got a new pipe organ🎉
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The National Centre for Early Music is located in York, England. It was established in 2000 and regularly hosts seminars, workshops, master classes nd performances. It’s different in that it’s partially built out of a medieval era church
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Le temple protestant de Tours is a reformed Protestant parish located in Rouille, France. It was established in 1844. It features a 4 octave Mercklin Pipe Organ complete that was commissioned in 2007
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Evangelische Broedergemeente en Nederland is a Moravian Church located in Zeist, The Netherlands. It features a 2 manual Pipe Organ from the early 1880s.
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Saint Denis de Lichéres is a 12th century Catholic Church located in Lichères, France.
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Koninklijk Conservatorium AKA The Royal Conservatoire The Hague is a Music and Dance conservatory located in The Hague, Netherlands. It was established in 1826 and is the oldest conservatoire in The Netherlands.
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Asamkirche Maria de Victoria is a Baroque style chruch located in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria. It was established in 1732 and is known for the beautiful frescos and gilding that adorn the ceilings and walls. Also, it has a Laberweinting Pipe Organ from 1987 that is incased in a an Organ casing originally created by Caspar König in 1736
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Hong Kong City Hall Auditorium (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112866694471588049) returns to #BaroqueSun

The Sydney Opera House is an expressionist style, designated UNESCO World Heritage site and performance venue located in the harbor of Sydney, Australia. It was completed in 1972 and can seat a total of 5,738 in its 6 performance spaces combined. It features a neo-baroque style, Ronald Sharp designed pipe organ that’s comprised of 6 ranks and manuals spread out over 10,244 pipes😍
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Neues Palais von Schloss Sanssouci Potsdam AKA New Palace of Potsdam is a Baroque-Rococo style palace located in Potsdam, Germany. It was completed in 1769 and is considered to be the last great Baroque Palace of Prussia. It was built for King Friedrich II AKA Frederick the Great and owing to his love of and work in the arts it features an intricately gold gilded Royal Theater. As of 1990, Neues Palais von Schloss Sanssouci Potsdam was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali AKA The National Museum of Musical Instruments is a museum located in Rome, Italy. It opened in 1964 and features over 3,000 instruments from all over the world, ranging from the 9th century to today!
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The Utrechts Conservatorium is a Conservatory located in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Established in 1875, it’s considered the oldest professional musical training institute of in The Netherlands. It serves an average of 4,400 musicians per year.
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De Barthkapel is a cultural center located in The Hague, The Netherlands. It was originally built in the early 18th century as a convent for sisters in the area but is now a performance and community space.
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Basel Leymen is a late 18th century parish a located in a commune in Leymen , France. It features a tower that is considered the highest point in the area.
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Trinity United Methodist Church is Methodist Church located in Wilmette, Illinois. It was built in 1874 and features a 3 manual Reuter Pipe Organ
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St. Konrad is a post WWII era church located in Mannheim, Germany. It was obviously built in 1961 and features a very quirky design that also allows for superb acoustics. I couldn’t find information on their pipe organ but I am hoping to hear back from someone affiliated with the church
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The Teatro Comunale di Bologna is an opera house located in Bologna, Italy. It opened in 1763 and was the first major opera house in the world to be constructed with public funds and owned by the municipality. It can seat 1,034 and is considered to be the center of the cultural life of Bologna, Italy.
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The Battersea Arts Centre is a performing arts venue located in London, England. It originally opened in 1891 as the administrative center and was converted into a performance & community space in 1979. After being damaged by a 2015 fire, it’s been renovated and restored to most of its former glory. Seating approx. 640 people, it features an interior known for beautiful mosaics and intricate ceiling design. Also, it’s home to the largest surviving Hope-Jones Pipe Organ in the world😍
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St. Stanislas De Kostka Eglise AKA Église Saint-Stanislas de Kostka is a Neo-Romanesque Revival style Catholic Church located in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It was built in 1910 and is known for its massive nearly 6500 sq ft size and beautifully appointed interior. It features a fully restored 1920 Casavant Frères Pipe Organ complete with 56 registers and 47 ranks😍
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Marquês de Pombal Palace AKA Palace of the Marquis of Pombal is a Baroque and Rococo-style castle in Oeiras e São Julião da Barra, Portugal. It was built in the late 18th century and is known for it’s well appointed gardens and beautiful interior.
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Ettlingen Palace is a Baroque style palace loaceted in Ettlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was built in the mid-13th century and has been rebuilt a few times due to various wars over the years (Palatine war of succession, WWI, etc.) It features some of the few surviving frescos by German, Baroque era, painter and architect Cosmas Damian Asam. It’s now home to a local museum and is often used as a performance venue.
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Nakano Sanpuraza AKA Nakano Sunplaza was a performance hall and hotel located in Nakano, Tokyo. It opened in 1973 and could seat 2,222. Its unique architecture made it a popular venue for performance recordings including Sarah Vaughan's 1973 album Live in Japan (https://tinyurl.com/35vev9t3). It closed in 2023 and demolished in 2024💔
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Eastminister United Church AKA East End United church is a Gothic Revival-style United Church of Canada church located in Toronto, Canada, It was built in 1923 and in 2022 it was officially designated as a Heritage status landmark for the City of Toronto. It features a 3-manual Pipe Organ at the altar!
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Pierre Boulez Saal (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112668573603667511) and The Royal Albert Hall (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111995050941041338) return to #BaroqueSun

Chiesa di San Rufo AKA Saint Rufo Church is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic Church located in Rieti Italy. It’s estimated to have been built around the mid-1750s and is rumored to be thee geographic center of Italy. Its ornate interior features a 4 manual pipe organ and works of art by infamous murderous jerk and painter Caravaggio.d
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The Roman amphitheatre of Italica is a second century Roman-style amphitheater located in Seville, Spain. It’s estimated to have once been able to accommodate an audience of 25,000. It was mostly used for Gladiatorial fights.
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The Concert Studio of Polish National Radio in Katowice, Poland. The 337,000 ft² concert hall has 2 performance spaces that can seat 1,800 and 300, respectively.
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Basililica di Santa Cecilia is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic Church located in Trastevere, Italy that was originally built around the 5th century and later updated in the Baroque-style in 1750s
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Chiesa di Santa Maria Della Scalia is a Roman Catholic Church that is a former monastery located in Moncalieri, Italy.
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The Koussevitzky Music Shed is a contemporary-style open air performance venue located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1938 and can seat over 5,000 indoors with space for an additional approx. 15,000 on the lawn!
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Kloster Eberbach AKA Eberbach Abbey is an EarlyGothic Romanesque-style former Cistercian Catholic Monastery located in Rheingau, Germany. It was established in 1136 as a monastery but is now a performance space and home to a well regarded winery. Some might recognize it from the Sean Connery film “The Name of the Rose” (1985).
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The Villa della Regina is a Baroque- style palace located in Turin, Italy. It was built in the early 1600s for Prince-Cardinal Maurice of Savoy and features many large frescoes, which was the style at the time. It was heavily damaged during WWII but after some renovation it opened to the public for tours and hosting cultural events. In 1997 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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The Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory is a musical education conservatory located in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was established in 1944 and on average has about 1000 students per year. It’s also home to a Schuke Orgelbau Pipe Organ comprised of 250 pipes. It’s one of the oldest Pipe Organs in Kazakhstan.
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Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is part of The University of Maryland’s School of Music located in College Park, Maryland. It was built in 1990 and can seat 970. It’s known for its uniquely vaulted ceiling.
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Church of St. Luke in the Fields in an Episcopal CHurhc lasted in Greenwich Village, NYC. It was established in 1822 and is the area’s oldest religious meeting place. It features a 27 stop Pipe Organ comprised of 1,670 pipes!
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Anglikanskaya Tserkov' Svyatogo Andreya AKA St. Andrew’s Church is the only Anglican Church located in Moscow, Russia. While Anglican worship was established in the mid 1550s, this Gothic Revival-style church was completed in 1884.
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Ópera real de Versalles AKA The Royal Opera of Versailles AKA Théâtre Gabriel (after its architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel) is the theatre and opera house of the Palace of Versailles located in Versailles, France. It was completed in 1770 and can accommodate up to 1,200. It’s undergone multiple rounds of renovation, repairs and restorations over the years- most significantly after WWII. It’s considered to be one of the finest 18th century, European opera houses.
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